The 16th Nitrogen Workshop (2009)
The 16th Nitrogen Workshop (2009)
The 16th Nitrogen Workshop will be held in Turin, Italy, from June 28th to July 1st, 2009.
The Workshop is jointly organised by the Department of Plant Production of the University of Milan and by the Department of Agronomy, Forest and Land Management of the University of Turin.
The definitive workshop programme is now available on the programme page.
You have two possibilities for registering at the workshop, once you are in Turin:
- on Sunday (from 18:00 to 20:00), please go in Via Giuseppe Verdi, 8 - 10124 Turin (main building of the University of Turin) - map
- on Monday and Tuesday, please go in Via Nino Costa, 8 - 10123 TORINO, where the congress center is located (Torino Incontra Congress Centre) - map
We have published information about how to reach Turin from the airports.
Participants who have not done it before are kindly asked to fill in the form about the choice of the working group and send it to hotels@nitrogenworkshop2009.org.
'Nitrogen' comes from the latin word 'nitrogenium' that means 'forming potassium nitrate' (the oxidizing component of black powder). Some languages use names derived from the Greek word αζωτος meaning 'lifeless' because it is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life. None of these origins seem to reflect what we think of nitrogen nowadays: a fundamental element for life, a resource and a menace for the environment.
After more than two centuries of chemical experiments and several decades of modern investigations, nitrogen still fascinates scientists:
In recent times, the magnitude of nitrogen fluxes in the nitrogen cycle is continuously increasing at a global scale. This fact has a primary importance also on the future of Earth, as nitrogen affects global change even more than carbon.
A group of scientists from many disciplines, who share an interest in nitrogen-related issues, have met for 15 times so far, in the framework of the 'Nitrogen Workshop', to combine their experiences and different approaches and contribute to the nitrogen science.
For more information about the workshop, please write to: info@nitrogenworkshop2009.org.